Plant Manger - 20/20 Custom Molded Plastics, Covington, GA

Inteplast Group•Covington, GA

About The Position

The Plant Manager supports the General Plant Manager in overseeing all aspects of a small manufacturing plant’s operations, including personnel, safety, quality, production efficiency, materials, equipment, processes, and cost management. The role ensures products comply with company specifications and meet or exceed customer expectations. It drives operational performance against safety, quality, and productivity targets while providing leadership and direction to team leaders and assistant team leaders. Success is measured by meeting forecasted production volumes, managing variable and fixed costs, minimizing quality returns, maintaining appropriate staffing, driving continuous improvement, and upholding strong safety performance. The role also supports production planning, financial reporting, staffing and training, quality systems, capital projects, customer needs, and the development of company goals. Travel domestically and internationally may be required as dictated by business needs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree; an engineering or technical emphasis is desired.
At least five years of experience in a manufacturing leadership capacity.
Experience managing structural foam plastics and converting operations.
Experience scheduling products and personnel in a manufacturing environment.
Strong planning and coordination skills to work across purchasing, maintenance, engineering, sales, quality, operations, and suppliers.
Ability to monitor business-unit goals and take corrective action when costs, schedules, or other production factors deviate from plan.
Knowledge of management techniques, engineering, purchasing methods, and general business principles.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Strong technical skills.
Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple tasks.
Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.
Strong PC skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel.
Ability to understand profit and loss statements.
Ability to develop production cost models and forecast monthly material and labor costs.
Proven problem-solving leadership skills in a team environment.
Experience with Quality Management Systems.
Consistent, dependable attendance and willingness to accommodate non-standard work hours as necessary.
Ability to manage job-related stress and foster productive workplace interactions.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Milacron machines.
Experience in a 24/7 environment.

Responsibilities

Schedule workflow to meet customer orders through effective planning and control, personnel training, and equipment utilization.
Work with the scheduling department to finalize schedules, support a customer fill rate of nearly 100%, and plan raw materials and equipment in advance.
Analyze plant operations financially and prepare monthly reports that explain prior-month results and forecast the following month.
Travel domestically and internationally as necessary to meet business requirements.
Coordinate with departments to address product-capacity shortfalls.
Work with Maintenance Managers to ensure the availability of extrusion dies and other key components.
Partner with engineering on continuous improvement projects to reduce downtime, quality issues, and inefficiencies.
Suggest and manage capital projects, coordinating with engineering to ensure they are properly planned and executed.
Manage production scheduling and material flow to maximize machine efficiency while minimizing raw materials and finished goods.
Report resin-related measures, including consumption, scrap and reasons, reclaimed material, product weights, costs, efficiency improvements, scheduled versus actual pounds, and supplier usage; use the information to improve yield and efficiency.
Monitor and report efficiency, quality, and cost results, and initiate corrective action.
Develop and submit routine reports to the General Manager.
Provide leadership and guidance across organizational levels within Minigrip and Inteplast Group.
Direct training for production operators, team leaders, supervisors, and other managers.
Assist sales, quality, and the General Plant Manager with customer contact and matters such as scheduling, audits, shipping, and quality.
Lead production and other departments in meeting safety goals, enforcing OSHA regulations, and following housekeeping standards and Good Manufacturing Practices.
Work with the quality manager and safety supervisor to recommend and submit safety-improvement capital projects.
Coordinate staff in developing new processes and products, whether self-initiated or directed by the General Plant Manager or engineering team.
Coordinate maintenance, quality, engineering, and production during implementation and prove-in of new equipment, processes, and products.
Provide leadership for continuous improvement to exceed productivity, quality, and safety expectations.
Work with Human Resources and the General Plant Manager to administer company and Inteplast Group policies, work rules, hiring, discipline, performance reviews, skill development, and terminations.
Generate ideas and initiate improvements involving equipment, training, staffing, raw materials, systems, and general operations.
Work with the Quality department to uphold quality standards, ensure products meet specifications, and use the Minigrip corrective action process when required.
Ensure that self and direct reports complete six-month and annual performance appraisals.
Build relationships and collaborate across 20/20 Custom Molded Plastics and Inteplast Group to share knowledge, resources, technology, cost-saving ideas, and product or process improvements.
Participate in strategic development of the company’s short- and long-term goals.
Submit strategic ideas and improvement recommendations to the 20/20 Custom Molded Plastics Management Team.
Perform other duties as requested by management.